depressing
US: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/
UK: /dɪpɹˈɛsɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
depressing /di'presiɳ/- tính từ
- làm chán nản, làm thất vọng, làm ngã lòng; làm buồn rầu, làm buồn phiền, làm phiền muộn
- làm trì trệ, làm đình trệ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjectivemaking you feel very sad and without enthusiasm: a depressing sight / thought / experience + Looking for a job these days can be very depressing.
depressingly adverb: a depressingly familiar experience
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 deject, dispirit, oppress, sadden, grieve, cast down, dishearten, discourage, dampen, cast a gloom or pall over, burden, weigh down:
He's very depressed right now because he failed to get a promotion.
2 weaken, dull, debilitate, enervate, sap; depreciate, cheapen, devalue, devaluate; diminish, lower, bring down, reduce:
The news about a new oil field depressed the market today.
3 press (down), push (down) (on), lower:
If the pressure gets too high, just depress this lever.
Collocation
VERBS
be | become, get | find sth
ADV.
deeply, extremely, profoundly, really, very
We found it a deeply depressing experience.
| infinitely
I find politics infinitely depressing: none of the parties appeal to me.
| a bit, faintly, fairly, a little, pretty, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat
Concise dictionary
depresses|depressed|depressingdɪ'presverb
+lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
+lower (prices or markets)
+cause to drop or sink
+press down
+lessen the activity or force of
